Trade, Services and Markets Please choose one ADMINISTRATION AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS COMMUNICATIONS CONFLICT CULTIVATION ENCLOSURES ENERGY EXTRACTION FLOODING GRAZINGS HOUSING KNOWLEDGE LEISURE MANUFACTURE PERCEPTION SETTLEMENTS TRADES Fairs and Trysts Town services for rural hinterland Warehousing Retailing Markets and marts Aikey Fair, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire Fairs were held on specified days of the year in specific locations. In addition to trading goods in rural areas, fairs were the occasion for hiring farm workers on a six-month term. Aikey Fair, shown here c. 1900, was said to commemorate the overthrow of the Comyns by Edward Bruce. Resource pack   1     2     3     4